diff --git a/app/adapters/application.js b/app/adapters/application.js
index 07cc5cade..b20584305 100644
--- a/app/adapters/application.js
+++ b/app/adapters/application.js
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 import JSONAPIAdapter from '@ember-data/adapter/json-api';
 
 export default class ApplicationAdapter extends JSONAPIAdapter {
+  shouldBackgroundReloadAll() {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  shouldBackgroundReloadRecord() {
+    return false;
+  }
+
   urlForFindAll(modelName) {
     const path = this.pathForType(modelName);
     return `/data/${path}/all.json`;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c7190ae6e..6cde38637 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
     "ember-cli-terser": "^4.0.2",
     "ember-composable-helpers": "^5.0.0",
     "ember-data": "~3.28.0",
+    "ember-data-fastboot": "github:cardstack/ember-data-fastboot",
     "ember-export-application-global": "^2.0.1",
     "ember-fetch": "^8.1.1",
     "ember-href-to": "^5.0.0",